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Author: Paul Guyer File Type: pdf ReviewThis is the clearest, most comprehensive book on Kants critical philosophy written in EnglishGuyers book is clearly written and keeps enough distance from Kants texts to be helpful to nonspecialists it also stays close enough to be nuanced and valuable even for Kant specialists. A.N. Bunch, ChoiceKant is an absolutely first-rate general introduction to Kants Critical Philosophy. Paul Guyers interpretations are extremely well-supported, carefully and crisply argued, and highly insightful.Robert Hanna, University of Colorado, USAAn impressive overview of the various strands of Kants philosophy. With great skill Guyer manages to compress Kants critical thought into a few hundred pages. This book will provide an excellent introduction to Kants thought. Philip Stratton-Lake, University of Reading, UKThat Guyer is able to cover this much material, clearly and without oversimplification, in a single, reasonably sized volume represents a unique accomplishment, which should prove to be extremely useful to a broad audience. Eric Watkins, University of California, San Diego, USAAbout the AuthorPaul Guyer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most respected names in Kant studies and the author of many books including Kant on Freedom, Law and Happiness. Kant Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy and he editor of The Cambridge Companion to Kant. In this outstanding introduction, Paul Guyer uses Kants central conception of autonomy as the key to all the major aspects and issues of Kants thought.Beginning with a helpful overview of Kants life and times, Guyer introduces Kants metaphysics and epistemology, carefully explaining his arguments about the nature of space, time and experience in his most influential but difficult work, The Critique of Pure Reason. He offers an explanation and critique of Kants famous theory of transcendental idealism and shows how much of Kants philosophy is independent of this controversial doctrine.He then examines Kants moral philosophy, his celebrated Categorical imperative and his theories of duty, freedom of will and political rights. Finally, he covers Kants aesthetics, in particular his arguments about the nature of beauty and the sublime, and their relation to human freedom and happiness. He also considers Kants view that the development of human autonomy is the only goal that we can conceive for both natural and human history.

Author: William Wainwright File Type: pdf The philosophy of religion as a distinct discipline is an innovation of the last two hundred years, but its central topics--the existence and nature of the divine, humankinds relation to it, the nature of religion and its place in human life--have been with us since the inception of philosophy. Philosophers have long critically examined the truth of (and rational justification for) religious claims, and have explored such philosophically interesting phenomena as faith, religious experience and the distinctive features of religious discourse. The second half of the twentieth-century has been an especially fruitful period, with philosophers using new developments in logic and epistemology to mount both sophisticated defenses of, and attacks on, religious claims. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion contains newly commissioned chapters by 21 prominent experts who cover the field in a comprehensive but accessible manner. Each chapter is expository, critical, and representative of a distinctive viewpoint. The Handbook is divided into two sections. The first, Problems, covers the most frequently discussed topics, among them arguments for Gods existence, the problem of evil, and religious epistemology. The second is called Approaches and contains four essays assessing the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of practicing philosophy of religion. The Handbook offers contributors of high stature who present substantive and in-depth treatment of the most central topics. It is a must-have reference for anyone with an interest in philosophy and religion.